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'But that wasn't cheating! We weren't married last week!'

DEFINITION: To change the dates, times or sequence of past events, in order to put a better perspective on your current situation.

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Chronoflamming

Created by: Kyoti

Pronunciation: KROHN-oh-flam-ming

Sentence: Twila often mailed post-dated checks to the utility companies, just in case she was a few dollars short, which was still one of the more harmless ways she expressed her congenital need to engage in daily chronoflamming.

Etymology: Chrono- (time prefix) + flamming (trickery or deception)

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COMMENTS:

a very chrono logical sentence - Jabberwocky, 2007-08-01: 11:13:00

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Diartwist

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: dy/ar/twist

Sentence: Whenever it suited his purpose the diartwist rewrote the diary in the kitchen

Etymology: diary + twist + diarist

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Deloreanate

Created by: fastward

Pronunciation: delor eanate

Sentence: He tried to deloreanate his wedding date for tax purposes.

Etymology: A Delorean automobile was turned into a time machine.

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Marangle

Created by: remistram

Pronunciation: marr-ang-gul

Sentence: Ross marangled with Rachel when he got caught sleeping with another girl and justified it by saying that he & Rachel were on a "break".

Etymology: mar (damage) + angle (perspective)

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Retconceal

Created by: Osomatic

Pronunciation: ret + con + seal

Sentence: No, the report isn't done, but I can retconceal that by telling the boss I didn't get the e-mail until today.

Etymology: retcon + conceal

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Datelyin

Created by: tatterdemalion

Pronunciation: dayt-LIE-in

Sentence: Dave relied on datelyin to get himself out of many a chronological conundrum.

Etymology: date + lying

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Mudate

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: MEW/date

Sentence: Like Joseph Stalin did with Russian history, Fred had to mudate his past. So Fred went through a transmudation, eliminating from his life all the dates and events which he didn't like, especially his first wife and their divorce. His transmudation was such a liberating experience he wrote a best seller self-help book "Mudate Your Way To Success and Happiness".

Etymology: mutate + date

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